US 11,745,785 B2
Vehicle control system
Ryo Yamazaki, Saitama (JP); Yosuke Shimizu, Saitama (JP); and Takeyuki Suzuki, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/19,993.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-168719 (JP), filed on Sep. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0078625 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 1/10 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/10 (2013.01) [B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B62D 1/183 (2013.01); B62D 15/025 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle control system for a vehicle in which steering control is executable, comprising:
an operation element configured to receive a driving operation by an occupant;
a contact sensor configured to detect a contact operation on the operation element from either a first side or a second side in a vehicle width direction; and
a travel control unit configured to change a travel position of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction within a lane where the vehicle is traveling if the contact sensor detects the contact operation in a state where the steering control is executable,
wherein the travel control unit is configured to change lanes of the vehicle from a first lane where the vehicle is traveling to a second lane adjacent to the first lane if the contact sensor detects the contact operation and a spatial interval from a lane marking between the first lane and the second lane to the vehicle is less than a prescribed reference interval.